to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
yakyūken; strip version of rock, paper, scissors (similar to strip poker)
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
work sent to a competition; competition entry
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
ninth day of the month; nine days
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
mizuame; glucose syrup; starch syrup; corn syrup
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
natural disaster; cataclysm
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
counting ballots; tally (of votes)
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
loser; defeated person; the defeated
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
being moved forcibly, e.g. being carted to a police station, transportation for forced labour, etc.
low (level, value, price, etc.)